The Sun. — London, England, 1808-07-06 00:00:00

• T'ANIAS .01PO'N RIADING THE SUN OF TVE mr or JULY. I saw the SUN of yesterday In orient splendour rise, And as he shot his dazzling ray Athwart the lowering skies; tie shone, though not with cloudless light, With lustre more serene ; tie seem'd to chase the shades of night And renovate the scene ; Rio bade the Earth no more repine,, lies Pair and Terror cease ; It seemid the Soil of Hope divine, - • The liar6inger of Peace ! . . HENItY. td of July, 1808. :_ ~{ t 'At a meeting of the Gresham Committee, held Yesterday at Mercer's Hall, the Rev. SAMUEL BIRCIT, M. A. Fellow of St. John's College, .Cambridge, Was unanirootisly eluded Geometry LeCturer of Oresham College, vacant by the death of the Rev. br. KETTILBY. The Gentleman who has obtained this appointment is the son of Mr. Alderman BIRCH, . 4 /hose loyalty and talents have long secured him in the esteem of his countrymen. On Monday morning, a Frenchman of the name OF DESTOUCIISS, who was lately we understand sent out of the kingdom under his Majesty's order, was taken into custody at 3 public-house at Newington, known - by the sign of the Green Man, where he bad secreted himself. This foreigner had been embarked at Gravesend, on board a vessel, the Captain of which had engaged to convey him to a Neutral Port. When the vessel arrived off Yarmouth, he succeeded ; by intimidating 'the Captain,, in making Lis escape. Deteocenes has been committed to priSon, and if the rigour of the law is put in force, may be. transported for life. The publican, in whote house he was lodged; is liable to pay a penalty of 101. for not having 1 - tiled upon him to produce his licence, authorizi ng his residence in this country. It it a circumstance pethap's not very generally known, that all persons receiving Aliens into their Louses., for the purpose of lodging or residing for more than twenty-four hours, ought to require them to produce a licence of this description, and to de live'- a copy of the same to the Justice of Peace, or . Constable, residin Every persong in or near th e i r p ar i s h, ace. negleding so to do, is liable t o p a y the above penalty, up on i n f ormat i on before'a Ma.! iitrate; one half of which goes to the lute:ruler, arid the other to the poor of the parish. A splendid Ball was given by Lord ALTAMONT, On Monday, in the Town Hall of Cambridge, es a larewell'iribute of rest on leaving the Univei'sity, "of that plate. Th e Hall was embelliAted With great taste. The chief Nobility and Gentry of the neigh bonthoOd, and the principal Students of the venera ble abode of - learning were present. The Bail was Opened by Lord ALTAMONT and a very elegant Lady, whose name was unknown to the company in gene eat. A grand Supper followed, at ,which must of the company, amounting to upwards of 400 per sons, attended. Country Dances succeeded this luturious repast, and the guests kept up the Ball till neer -Eve in the - mottling, highly grglified by the hospitable entertainment which they had received. — Lord ALTAMONT is the eldest son of the Marquis of Setoo, and is a very amiable and accomplished young Nobleman. The, Varbatous praaice of trotting matches seems to gain ground, and many a poor animal is destined to Suffer to: gratify the pride and avarice -of the owners. —With all Mr. WteDeetes partiality for Bull-Baiting,bi s mind must sorely revolt against this persecution of so useful an animal 23 the H, as it is r at h er calculated to debase than improve th orse e manly chara&er of our Countrymen. The supposed allusions of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT • to the Duke of CUMBERLAND, in a recent debate, have clewed disapptobatidn in every friend of the Baronet who is not enslaved by party, and indigna tion in every liberal mind. It seems, indeed, the intention of certain Demagogues to loWer the Royal Family as much as possible in the eyes of the people, and wh en they fi nd miskepresentati ons o f faas• are not sufficient for their purpose, they resort.to dark mysteries and venomous insinuations. S . T.' IT RANCIS. laid great stress upon the exemptiOn from punish ment, which marked the 15th Regiment of Lieht Dragoons under the former Colonel,and the frequency of punisatnent under his Royal Highness. Upon this subject the following liberal remarks have been made, whiefewe deem it our duty to insert. That the statement is unfounded may be most Positively asserted : but if it were otherwi what else could be inferr e d b ut t h at the regiment,se, which at the first period had been only two hundred strong,- bad been more disorderly, and punishments more frequent, when it was augmented to upwards of 1000 ? It is well known that a Colonel 'has no power of inflicting corporal punishment, which can only be done under the sentence of a Court Martial ; and to have substantiated any charge against the Duke of CUMBERLAND, it was incumbent on Sir FRANCIS to 11: , .ve shewn that such punishment bad been inflicted by his order, without the sentence of a Court Martial. " It would hehighly absurd to attempt enfering into auy defence of the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S euerits as au Officer, or as a man. 'But there are some circum stances of such public notoriety, that they can, neither beelnestioned nor doubted, and must carry-conviEtion To the breast of every unprejudiced man ; the first is, that since his Royal Highness has had the 15th Regi ment of Dragoons, it has net been quartered in any city from which, at leavitig it, it ',has. not reeeived' ' thanks for its exemplary good behaviour, which is the most honourable testimony to the gtiod condud of the regiment, and the attention' and care of its " Other proceedings provetheaffealion and attach nient of the privates of the regiment to their Colonel. A great number of the men who had been discharged. at the.peace of Amiens, returned to serve hi the re- giment, which was completed, from that circurn: stance, in less time than any other regiment ; and there have .been, since it was completed, fewer in stances of desertion from the 15th regiment of Dra goon', than almost from any other in the/service, certaiuly• would be otherwise if they wete "treated with arty degree of uncommon severity by their Colonel," mLA it~'. Dust,. JULY i.—The camp which is at present funned upon the Curragh of Kildare attracts ernwds of visitors, who express the . higheSt gratiAcation at beholding a Military spc63acle so ttilly grand. The tiumber already encamped amounts to aboiit thirteen thousand men, Which number, we understand; iS Still further to be augthented. Gen. Sir D. BAtari otumancli. the whole, and under that gallant Officer the troops are likely to derive the greatest skill in Military discipline. The whole of the troops are daily exercised, from five o'clock in the morning ur til ten, and in the afternoon from five until .between eight and nine. Yesterday. his Majesty's Yacht the ...Dorset, sailed from the Pier-head at the Pigeon-house for Park ate, .with the Right Honourable Lady . BLAYNEY and suite. * • it is with the greateSl satisfaation we learn from every part of the Country accounts of the prospect of a Most abundant harvest ; the Wheat, however, u;ill,.it is expe&ed, be late, froth the impediment of sowing experienced in the spring; the prospect of hay and oats is very considerable, and if we may form an opinion from the sample of the meadows, now cutting throughout the County of Dublin, the price of hay must fall immediately to a very mo derate rate. ,MuNntN makes his first appearanctt for this sea son at our Theatre, to-morrow. Miss SMITH'S debut is announced for Monday next, in the part of Beim videra. DitoGHEDA, JVt z 28.—Air unfortunate trans. aelion took place in Ardee on Saturday evening last : Mr. KILPATRICK, of Dundalk, Excise Otiictr, as sisted by a Seljeant's detachment of the Queen's Bays, seized a quantity of malt in the town and neighbourhood of Ardee, and having procured carts to convey the seizure to Dundalk, the party were attacked by a number of men, armed wOli muskets, near the town, who fired on them, anCon the first dischar g e the . Serjeant was shot dead—the second wounded two men (one dangerously), and a horse. The 'party, .with KIL,PATRICK, then retired; and those misguided melvtook the malt off the carts and threw it_aboin the road. An Inquest was held on . Sunday, and a verdid of ‘.‘ Wilful Murder" found against six inhabitants of the town, who were immediately apprehended and comniitted to Dun dalk gaol. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BAN-BRIDGE, DATED JUNE 29. On Monday,' the 2,oth inant, part of the lands of BleAry were sold here ,by public auction. The- purchasers were' 1V11.1:1A14 BELL, JOHN NEWUR BIN, anti HUGH M GILL. On Saturday night last, about twelve o'clock, a nu.aber of men, armed with muskets and ball-cartridges, attacked the houses of WILLIAM BELL and Joat'i M‘Muttalbt, and fired several shots into theat ;- one of, the b ills stuck in the wall, within a few inches of Mr. BELLS head. At Mclqua am's house they left a wOtien notice ; containing the most violent threats against whoever should become purchaters of the land. They then , set fire to One/of his but houses, and made (a— -1,. Some persons in the neighbourhood having beert alarmed, rose and pursued them, but they dispersed in all diredionf, and•escaplL;d.' On Stinday night, about twelve o'clock, a more considerable nutuber assembled and attacked the house of HuGli APPILL, and havitkg sheltered Omens - elves behind a hedge, they proceeded to fire into the. house. ,From having learned what happened the preceding night to BELL and WMUARLN, M c GI,LL 'siispecited an attack might alsti be made on him. He and his son, therefore, . prepared to defend themselves , and the rioters having approached near to attack the house, they fired, and shot one of e therm dead — his name is Leonard Convert. His campanion, after having dragged thelaody asconsiderable way; left it in a field, and fled. At the attack upon Buenos Ayres on the sth of July last, a youth of 1.5 or 16 years of age, of the name of Husband; wlio.had gone as a volunteer from the Cape of Good Hope, was attached to a division of the - 87th regiment, naing under the orders of General Sir S. AUCHMUTY ; all the commissioned officers of which having fallen, he attempted to, take the command. The soldiers manikisie4 some little hesitation, owing to his youth and small stature, on whiCh he immediately applied to Sir SAMUEL, who teingpleased with his spirit and previous behaviour, ordered them to consider him as their officer. He accordingly took the command, and led them on with such, spirit and gallantry, that at the close of the day, Sir S. went up, clapped him on the shoulder, and told him that his commission should bear date from' that moment: a promise which was faithfully fulfilled to the gallant youth. , Mr,WntTaiteao has given dissatisfaction even to his friends, by his last attempt to goad Ministers upon a subje& in which their promptitude, zeal, and activity were too apparent to need any stimultm We allude -to the assistance which they have so rea-. dily, so cordially, and, we trust, so effet - tually, given to Spain. Lord CAsTLEREaGit 'treated this obvious attempt to obtain a little town popularity for country consumption, with proper ridicule, not unmixed with a strong and spirited rebuke. We regret to see a man of such talents as Mr,. WHITBREAD possesses, and whose situation in life places him far above the desperate views of his party, so ready tojoin in their measures, and so anxious to come forward on occa sions in which nothing but a spirt of party. can be E hewn. It is evident, however, that a great thatte has taken place in his character since --he was concerned in the Impea c h me n t o f L or d M ELV I LLE ; a circumstance that seems to have soured his tetii . per, and to have induced him t,O suppose that he has Considerably improved hisialents as en Orator. • GLUTTON v.—A few days since, at a public-house in Brighton, a man ate, in seven minutes and a half, raw, with their whites, one• hundred and one hen's eggs, which were provided at the expence of a -person - in company, and severally broken into a cup for that purpose. After having swallowed ~double score and one, •he . voluntarily agree d to pa y :double the price of the other forty, if he failed in eating them ; and having ac co mpli s h e d - his task, offered a bet that he would eat forty more ; but all , who witnessed his excess were too well satisfied of the astQuishitig capacity of his stomach, to accept it. i Gene-al lUy, the French Consul at New York, halt taken French leave, and run off with 40,000 dollars of creditors' propj'rty. iIIGIILAND SOCIETY OF SCOIVAN.b. . . A General, Meeting of this Society, in terrtis of it; Charter, was held in their Hall, in Edinburgh, on Monday se'nnight, at which there was a respeat able attendioce of the Noblerlien and Getitlemeti of the Society, to the number of seventy ; ' . Right Hoi. lord Viscount ,VATHCART, Vice-President i in the Chair; When, after a ballot, as required by the rules of the Society, the following were duly admitted Members; their pattr.sOrdered to be recorded, and public tioti- fication of their -eledion. given; viz: Right Hon. Lord Robert Kerr, Hon. DrumtriOnd Butrell, Gilbert Elliot, of Minto,. Sir James Norcliff limes Ker,. Bart. Peter Bailie, Esq. younger,' Of"..)Ouchlotir; -. Member of Parliament for the Burghs of Inverness, &c. Captain Al.ex Mackay, 930 regiment, brother to Lord. Keay, Frederick Fothetingharn, Esq. one of the ContrniSsioners of Excise, ALA. Gordon,. Esq. of Attchrneddan, Capt. 15th King's Light Dragoons, Capt. Colin Mackay, of the regiment, lehti Farquharson, Esq. of Haugnron, of the Fldri.. East India Company's service, Major lohn of the Royal Marines, Captain David Milne, of the Royal Navy, Gregor MacGregor, Em. of Inverarderan, Captain of 'the 57th regiMent, Thomas Hughan. Esq, mercliant, tip Lon doh, lames Harrower, Esq, younger, of Enzievar, Advocate, George Tait, Esq. Advocate, Capt. Alexander Stewart, of Stratligairy, of the Royal Perthshire Mili,ia, Chalmers I zet Esq. of Kinnaird, merchant in Edinburgh , Pa c ri ck Ned ;. Esq. Edinburgh, Alex. Laing, Esq. Archaezt, Edinburgh,' Rev. Wm- Singers, MiniSt.,:r of Kirkpatnek ',The Society then , took .under consideration the Proceeditigs• of their Dire6tors since. the Generil Meeting in - sanuiry last, and approved of • their cott• , Ahmed ,atteniion.. to. promoting; Abe tabjeas of tfic Institution;' and of the - Pretpiunis offered by them for the cm:rent year; fOr • Essays on different useful Subjeas, and for Practical . Improvernents in Agri- culture. After hearing the Report of a Committee, of which Mr. Forbes, Advocate, is Convener, and the minutes of the Directors thereupon, respeding ap plications made to them by Dugald Kennedy.of smith, and Robert Mackay,- machine-maker in Glasgow; stating, that they had some time ago con. stru&ed, and introduced Into the digtfid of Kin tyre, Argyllshire, 'a proper machine for carding wool; and a similar application from Mr. Daniel Clark, of Campbehown, who was an original'part ner with them in that concern ; and, besides, hav ing been aiding in the introduction of ' this manu factory, now carries it on for his own behoof, and has extended it to spinning the wool, and mann fa6tnring it into cloth, of which specimens were laid before the meeting; the Society, as an encou ragement to the introduction of such manufacto ries into the Highlands, voted a prernium of twenty guineas to the said Dugald Kennedy and Robert Mackay, and to Mr. Daniel Clark, a premium of. 6d. per yard on the first 2000 yards of cloth ma-, nutaetured by him during the current year, 1808. The attention of the Meeting was next called, to the steps taken by this Society respecting, the fish - cries, particularly the White Herring Fishery.. h ap-' peared from the proceedings; that, in 1804, the. adventurers in this trade had requested the inter ference of the Society, when a Special Committee bad been named for the pu-eose of acquiring the' most accura;e informatiou open-this important sub jeci ; and, in consequence of ad extensive -cone- Opondence, it had obtained a great body of inform ation respeJittg the Herring Fishery, which had been from time to time communicated by the So ciety to OlCh Members of his Majesty's • Govern ment as, from sitnation, were led to pay attention to the objeCt; and particularly' to the Right Hon. George Rose, who bad' finally drawn up„ , and brought 'forward in Parliament, a Bill ". for the far . ther encouragement and better regulation df the White Herring Fishery:: It appeared trotwa copy of the bill upon the, table, since pasted into a law, that Comanssioners are to be appointed specially for the White Herrina Fishery. •A tonnage boinity is to be given for a lleep Sea Fishery, similar to that carried on by the Dutch.. Premiums are to be given-for introducing a system of fishery, in re gard to which the Society have been particularly solicitous; viz. by encouraging the adventurers to, get Boats of a sufficient size to leave the Lochs and Bays, where' the arrival of the herrings. is Uncertain and precarious, and to fish in the, open' ocean, where thete is reason to believe fish will be found in abundance during the whole he dog season. Barrel bounties are also to'be given. Very strid re gulations are to be laid down ,as to prayer curing, but at the same time Inspeding Officers are to be appointed at the different fishing stations, by which the adventurers will be freed-from many hardships of which they formerly coMplained. The At, as to the fishing, is not to commence till Ist of June,- 1809, but the Board will no doubt be formed be-. fore that time, so that the necessary arrangements may be made, and publicity given to the provisions of the ASR. The Meeting was much gratified to find, that an obje& of such importance to the wealth and Pros perity, as well as the naval strength of the King dom, as the British Fisheries, was• to be properly en couracrect and regulated; and on the motion of Mr. Macdonald, the Treasurer, the thanks of the Society were unanimously voted to - the Right Hon. George Rose, for the uncommon trouble he had taken in collecting and arranging information, and bringing forward this measure,, which, while it pro mised to be of great national importance; was of peculiar interest to Scotland; •the coasts of which were the principal seat of the Herring Fishery. The Meeting also voted the ttranks 'of the So ciety to Mr. Tait, Convener, Mr: H. Mackenzie, Mr. Drlaclachlan, of Maclachlau, and the other Mem bers of the Committee of the Society on the Fisheries, for their great attention, zeal, and perseverance, in promoting the object of their appointment. The model of an instrument for expeditiously ascertaining the relative level of adjoining outfaces, invented by 'Mr. Graham Dalziel, Advocate, was laid before the Meeting. It, with several other matters, was referred to the Diredors. • The Meeting then, with much approbation, voted the thanks of the Society to Lord Viscount Cath cart, for his polite attention, as Vice President, to the business of the meeting, and his readiness to promote the views of the Society. . The first freight of naval stores which Baron Hom- PESCII captured on the Danish Island, ar3 estimated worth 20,0001. The total amount of exemptions granted to Fo reigners on Dividends in the roods for the last year, was 59 4 98L1. 16:, sd. POLICE. TgAWIES PoitcE.---Yei . cr(hy Josep and Mitebel, with a man named Jemnngc, utlei;!rr went a . fipal.cxanlination, chArged t h fist:Aing down 6ptain 13rown, of the 13 - rig Vivi, mitt ~~iy 'Officer. , underhatch'e in' the Dpwns., :nl4. ago, 6 and running away with the boat, with. several tnoi - C! of the crew ,not yet. appreliend,d Didsbuly was adtnittedKing's nings and Mitchel, who were admitted to . bal. Tney will, be tried at the ticKi Admiralty Sessions. HAri'6N-GARDEN.- - Yeiter.lar, John otherwise Paul Smith, and' Merret, were fi:ially eiamined, 'barged with breaking into the. wine cella!' of Mr,' D ivii, 'of Bagnigge "Wells, and steal ing the.refrorn a quantity of wine, a firelock and blnnderbuss, on FridAy in . Grning last. They were apprehendect by the Watch.,. Toe o:ficers Hiitt and • Trott scare-heti theaoartlueots of the Prisoners, where . a larke ouantity 4)I pawnbroker's )licite3 were found: : The waiters of Mr. -.1) the fire - iams to be the property of Nir.. - litvis.• The • •• , Prisoners were fully committed for trill. UNION-HALL.--- Thomas Bates was charged whli having in his possessicin a ~ba{? r ,of coals ; ,and not giv ibq a satisfaaory accoiint how ii came by them, , was conri&ed in the penalty Of forty shillings. NlAtito,N-House, Jot.Y . 5.--;-Mr. R. a ,tradesman of considerable property and giem respeCiability,' underwent a priate' e'xaminatioo. : before the I.=. **irge On suspicion of lia , _•inq robbed the pin iSh church of St. Marian-Outwich, Bishops• gate-street., of all thethurch plate,,to a great arnount, SeverA persons deposed, that the Prisoner had been entrusted with the ke,y -of the chUrch for a given, time, on Thursday and Friday ; and that, on Friday .evening, it Was dikovered that the property had been stolen. A man who stands ,opposite to the church, with a lottery board, .stated, that he saw man come out .of the church, on Friday, about three o'clock, with a boodle in one hand, and a bas ket iii the other. 'The man went towards -.Thread needle-street; and he thought the Prisoner was tit , man so seen. Evidence was also given to 5h.,..w some contradiCtions in the account given by the Pri soner on his first examination before a county Ma gistrate. He admitted that he had been m the church on Friday, as stated, having had something to dd with a stone that he hadereeted. ' He was not, however, he contended, in the church more than half aft hour, and was at • the King's arms ynblic house before two o'clock ; from whence went to Upper Brook-street, and conversed •with two or three pbrsons at Pimlico; which brought down the time to three o'clock, at which hour thd man was ' seen coming Out of the chnrch. No person, how ever; attended td prove this statement, nor was the servant of the Parish. Clerk present, who said that the prisoner did not give her back the key until ttiree o'clock. Her at:lichee was accounted for, by saying that she was married on Monday morning, and had left town. The Prisoner, whh is a foreigner, was committed for further examination. Toe Lora/ MAYOR ordere * d that he Shotild haVe the use of .and paper, and that his friends. shotild have - free access to him, but that he could not be adniit . ed to bail. . - S6veral refs, seized by. Johji Nelsori, Principal a‘,listant to the W.lte, !Lila, were b nica hroug,ht to the Anision-hous,l, and the Loa, D M YOR , after nearing. him thereon, and it ;tieing proved tirt the said nets were very dest:•u,:trVe to the, his Lordship condemned the same, and fined one °t itle dtferiderg fifty shillings. - Tie Algerines are said to be fitting out cruizers against . the Americans. • A ruelancolY accident happen'ed between five and sir.- o'clock yesterday morningi at the hous: , of Lady Campbell, of Witnpole-Srreet. Her Ladyship ,had given a grand supper and ball, at the conclu:ion . of which, as Kr. T. Calvert, a young Gedtleman, in the 23d year, of his age, son of --- Calvert, 'Esq. of North Atidley-street, was , dancing_ a reel with two young ladies, he broke a blOod vessel, fell down and instantly expired. It is impossible to de- - scribe the consternation s and agony which took place on this melancholy occasion, and the coMpany immediately dispersed, in terror and dejealon. We have been favoured with the following par ticulars', taken 7from a letter from an o.ficei of is Majesty's Sbip Queiec, to his friends in Edinburgh: " I have lately been on .two short cruizes, in our large cutter, along' the enemy's toast, in company with a small vessel captured and armed by the Cittizer, and commanded by Lieut. P. Our first attack was on three small vessels in harbour, in the Island ,of Langeland. The Danes brought dOwn on us about 300 soldiers, and a number of armed pea santry; who kept . up a heavy fire of musketry, from behind au embankment, for upwards of two hours. We dislodged them several' times with grape-shot from opr • twp carronades, ,and though - we had no means of ascertaining the loss they sustained, it must have been great, as we could clearly ob-erve a number fall every time we fired. Our ammunition being now spent, and seeing the enemy were col-, leading and coming down on'us in great-numbers, I' endeavoured' to cut out the vessels with .my boat, , and succeeded in taking one of them, but was obliged to abandon the other two, which were 'aground. I had' only one man wounded, though my boat.was like a sieve with shot, holes.- A few days afterwards we were abrea'st 'of BratensbUrgh, in 'the Island of • Samoe, where we observed a number 'of vessel's laying, the-greater part of them :on shore. We immediately agreed to attack them, and -bring off such as Were afloat, and burn the rest. I was ': to land with my people; and Lieut. P. to stand Close in and cover Me. With only 1%5 men,', a midship man', and myself, the cowardly Danes 'alloWed us ito land, though_ they had slt) to 'oite, in 'point of numbers they deserted the place, - and left me in quiet posSession more than three hours, during which time I took three vessels, burnt eleven; and a timber-yard extensively supplied with valuable spars , and square timber for building. ATI this time I .i . could see 'the enemy collecting in crowds on a height about a mile distant. Just a's I finished 'my work they began to advance. I had now . only six men on shore, and hadSCarcely got info my boat when they marched down the beach about 700 infantry, 50 cavalry, and t 0 pieees'of artillery, and began to blaze away upon us, but found, to their disgrace, that they had now only undertaken what 'they should 1 have done three hours sooner." - I